harry reid says the president is already giving too much. in broader negotiations with republicans, for example, he opened the door to change cpi which is changing the way the cost of living is slated for social security. how do you get anyone to come to an agreement, anything in this polarizing environment where we are right now? >> well, we have seen that we can come to agreement on some tough issues. immigration we did student loans on a bipartisan basis. the problem is the budget issues get to the core value of the two parties. >> the house is the issue, right? >> oh, yeah. but you get to the house, it's, you know, the democrats don't want entitlement reform, particularly the republicans don't want any new revenues to the government. it's really hard to resolve an issue where, you know, the basic fundamental differences between the parties about the scope and scale of the federal government are at stake. however, you know, the president is talking about economic development. i think the best thing that congress could do for economic deve